Spotlight Porphyria
Welcome to Spotlight Porphyria where we feature all things porphyria! Including:
Porphyria Voices shares experiences, insights, and advice from the porphyria community.
What's UP Doc? Where porphyria experts take your questions.
Summing UP explains the latest research in easy-to-understand summaries
Meet your experts and advocates where we meet the people changing the world for porphyria.
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Acute porphyria and liver tests
Question: If you have acute porphyria, why is it important to have your liver function checked annually? What can you do to prevent issues with your liver?
Meet Dr. Manish Thapar
It’s been really eye-opening to see how important patient involvement is in rare disease. Patients can drive the field, move the field. Rare diseases like porphyria are very life-altering. Patients have an important role in how the regulatory agencies and how physicians are looking at the disease and what the outcomes are.